Welcome to the ASCLME Project
Over the next five years, the nine countries of the western Indian Ocean region, including Comoros, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Seychelles, Somalia, South Africa and Tanzania, will work together through the Agulhas and Somali Current Large Marine Ecosystems (ASCLME) Project.
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The South West Indian Ocean Fisheries Project (SWIOFP) is a multinational research project which aims to improve the understanding and management of marine resources in the southwest Indian Ocean. It involves nine countries, including Comoros, France, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Seychelles, South Africa and Tanzania. Through SWIOFP, these countries have developed a collaborative project that embraces their own fishery-related needs and expectations in a regional and transboundary context. Together with the ASCLME project and the WIO-LaB project - which addresses land-based marine pollution - SWIOPF is one of a trio of linked projects that is set to provide an overall transboundary diagnostic analysis (TDA) and associated Strategic Action Programme (SAP) for the Agulhas and Somali Current Large Marine Ecosystems. SWIOFP is implemented by the World Bank.
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 "I am impressed by how well the Project has come together over the past year. The complexities of the project are such that it takes an enormous amount of effort to achieve even modest gains; for example, we are working with eight countries, with different languages and different levels of development. With all these challenges, the project has come a long way in a year.
David has put together a young and efficient team. These people are delivering at a level that would be expected from a much more experienced team. The cruises were undoubtedly a catalyst for action. More than just a data gathering exercise, the cruises became a bridge building exercise for the countries that participated. I am also impressed by the growth of the Project; after only one year there has been a growth in project activities and project partners." Prof. Paul Skelton, representing the South African Institute of Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB), South African host of the Project Co-ordination Unit.
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